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Commentary
From porter to conservation leader, the inspiring journey of Marlyse Bebeguewa in Cameroon
By David Akana, Yannick Kenné - Monga Bay Marlyse Bebeguewa, once a teenage porter in the rainforests of southeastern Cameroon, now leads conservation monitoring efforts in Lobéké National Park, using cutting-edge tools to protect endangered wildlife. She was the only woman selected during a 2014 recruitment drive and has broken gender barriers in a male-dominated field by mentoring young women and championing inclusive conservation. Her story is one of many among Indigenous and local communities — both Baka and Bantu — helping to manage one of Cameroon’s most biodiverse forest landscapes....
Harvard legal scholars join battle to free elephants from Johannesburg Zoo
By Adam Cruise - Daily Maverick At the heart of the case is the claim that keeping elephants in the zoo violates South Africa’s Constitution, particularly the environmental rights provision, as well as existing animal welfare legislation. A landmark legal bid to free three elephants from captivity in the Johannesburg Zoo has gained international traction, with heavyweight legal scholars from Harvard Law School stepping forward in support of the case. The application – brought by Animal Law Reform South Africa, the EMS Foundation and Chief Stephen Fritz – is currently before the...
News
DRC: Desperate bid to save elephants from extinction in Africa’s ‘triangle of death’
By Richard Ashmore - Express A British vet and a dedicated team of rangers and pilots tagged these elephants for the first time in a bid to save them from shootings and hunting. n the wild heart of...
Zimbabwe: ‘Poacher kills’ over 100 elephants
By Leonard Ncube & Nqobile Tshili - The Herald POLICE have arrested a suspected poacher for allegedly poisoning over 100 elephants using cyanide at Hwange National Park. Tony Maphosa, who has...
Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
By Spoorthy Raman - MongaBay A recent report from the Wildlife Justice Commission analyzed trends in ivory and pangolin scales trafficking from Africa over the past decade using seizure data and...
Press releases
Lawsuit Launched After Trump Freezes Funds for Rhino, Elephant Anti-Poaching Patrols
By The Center for Biological Diversity Contact: Sarah Uhlemann, (206) 327-2344, suhlemann@biologicaldiversity.org Broad Range of International Conservation Projects Hit By Halt in U.S. Support WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sent notice today of its intent to sue the...
Studies
Nigeria risks losing all its forest elephants – what we found when we went looking for them
By Rosemary Iriowen Egonmwan and Bola Oboh - The Conversation Nigeria is one...
Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants
By Lucy Bates, Victoria Louise Fishlock, Joshua Plotnik, Shermin de...
How elephants plan journeys: New study reveals energy-saving strategies
By University of Oxford A new study has revealed that African Elephants have...
Reports
Wildlife Justice Commission report reveals major disruption in pangolin scale and ivory trafficking
By Wildlife Justice Commission In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments...
About
The Journal of African Elephants was created by a group of concerned journalists, biologists and conservationists, who, after years of tracking and documenting the catastrophic decline of Africa’s elephant populations, have recognised the urgent need for a dedicated English and French news and commentary space to enhance and increase global awareness of the plight of Africa’s savanna and forest elephants. Our Commentary service, in particular, are writers that focus on the need to provide awareness of Africa’s elephants and affected surrounding human communities from a distinctly African perspective that, for the most part, is lacking in the dominance of Western media.